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Series
Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway Company
Catalogue reference: RAIL 700
What's it about?
RAIL 700
Miscellaneous records of the Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway Company.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- RAIL 700
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Title (The name of the record)
- Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway Company
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1851-1862
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Description (What the record is about)
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Miscellaneous records of the Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway Company.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- ULR
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway Company, 1851-1862
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 7 files, rolls and volumes
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Railways
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Incorporated under act of 24th July 1851. By act of 12th July 1858, company was authorised to sell or lease line to Furness Railway Company. Undertaking was sold to Furness Railway Company under arrangements adopted on 21st January 1862. Furness Railway became one of constituent companies of London Midland and Scottish Railway Company as from 1st January 1923 under North Western, Midland and West Scottish Group Amalgamation Scheme 1922 dated 30th December 1922.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C12888/
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Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway Company
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